6-28-18 (Thursday) HY: Body Beast - Bulk: Back + ChaLEAN Extreme - Extreme Abs + TCF.

6-28-18 (Thursday) HY: Body Beast - Bulk: Back + ChaLEAN Extreme - Extreme Abs + TCF.

I totally had everything going this morning, but my HRM had a problem so I got no calorie burn count today.  Very unhappy.  This isn't the first time this has happened, and whenever it does, I sort of feel like I wasted my workout.  I know I burned calories but without a number it doesn't seem real.  I know, it's stupid, but a huge motivational factor for me is seeing that number at the end of each workout.

I pretty much kept the same weights as the last time on the 12th.  I was happy that I could do 10 reps on the first two sets of Pull-Ups, and then one more initially on the third set than last time.  That is a huge positive for me.  I went up a little on the Force Set because of the "light" notation from the previous time.  13.25kgs seems to work because by the fourth set, I was really feeling it.  If I go up to 14.5kgs, I definitely think I will hit failure by the 4th set.  I also went up big on the Drop Set of the Dead Lift.  I went up to 30kgs.  This time I balanced my 4kg dumbbell and hung my 1kg hand-weight.  Balancing them was a bit tricky, but it workout pretty well.  I could really feel the difference 5kgs makes.  Then for the Drop, I switched out the 4kg weight for the 2kg weight.  The final rise was on the Plank Rotation, first set.  I went up to 7.5kgs on the first set, and kept it for the second.  Still only 10 reps.  I was pretty tired and winded by the final rep.

For some reason, my abs were really taxed today.  I wasn't able to hold the Clock Work rotations off the ground.  I had to come down for a rest.  And then a few time afterwards, I had to break.  Unlike last time, when I went all the way through with Chalene and no breaks.  Maybe my abs are weaker in the mornings. Who knows?

In the end, due to the HRM Malfunction, I have not calorie count.  Overall a good solid workout today.

6-27-18 (Wednesday) Tennis.

6-27-18 (Wednesday) Tennis.

HUMID HUMID HUMID!!!!

We played at Kenko no Mori Park today.  The temps were nice, but the humidity was stifling.  Sweat started to pour out of my body as soon as I started to move.  But my strokes themselves were pretty good today except for the fact that I couldn't maintain a long rally.  But the one thing that I was happy about tonight was the fact that I was able to overpower one of the elite but older players in the club.  He likes picking on me, so I was happy to give him a whopping!

The session menu was the usual with an extra long Point Simulation.

In the end, I burned a good 1704 kcal.  But a lot was due to the humidity and the sweating.

6-26-18 (Tuesday) HY: Body Beast - Bulk: Chest + ChaLEAN Extreme - Extreme Abs + TCF.

6-26-18 (Tuesday) HY: Body Beast - Bulk: Chest + ChaLEAN Extreme - Extreme Abs + TCF.

I started Round TWO of the Bulk Phase today.  And I return to Chest.  I really wanted to increase the weight today, but I had a little bit of a kink in my shoulders so I decided to keep the same weight as last time.  Today is the Orange numbers.  Right away I felt that today was going to be a tough day.  I felt the weight was too heavy from the second round of the first super set.  I couldn't go to 22kgs on the Drop Set, and even the lower weight pushed me to my limit.  I got taken to the limit again on the Force Set, set 5.  Then again, I hit the limit on the Progressive Set going down.  I was pushed to the limit on the last two sets.  Again to the limit on the final round of the Combo Set.  I couldn't make it to 8 reps.  On the Multi Set, I was absolutely dying on the Decline Push-Ups.  Again, totally burned out. I could only go halfway down on the first two rounds, then only one-third on the final set.  Each to limit.  Then, I did a couple sets of Calf Raises just to keep them in good shape.  Talk about BURN!

I wanted to start the second round adding the Anabolic stretching, but I couldn't find the PDF on my iPad. So I didn't do it.  I will start it as soon as I find the PDF.

My Ab routine for this round is the ChaLEAN Extreme routine, "Extreme Abs".  I was pretty happy that I was able to get all the way through it without too much doubling-over burn.  But it was a nice change from last round.

Topped everything off with a series of Tai Cheng Flows.

In the end, I burned 910 kcal.  A lot for this workout.

6-24-18 (Sunday) Tennis.

6-24-18 (Sunday) Tennis.

HOT HOT HOT!!!  We were worried that it might be rainy today, but it turned out to be a really clear day with relatively few clouds in the sky.  It was humid and hot in the sun.  It is not so hot because the shade still offers some relief.  So whenever possible, we stood in the shade.

Today's menu was the usual line up. Stroke/Volley and Serve/Return.  We also got some matches in.  I was on fire today.  In the first match, I lost my first service game, but after that, I was a rock.  For the first time, I won all the matches I played.  My serve was clicking as well.  I was so happy that I was able to hammer one of my rocket serves in at the body of one of the best members for a winner.  I'm still having trouble getting the Deuce Court wide serve to cut out.  But I am getting better at handling the pressure.  No dink serves, and no double faults on game points.  I did hit a few double faults, but they were at the beginnings of games, none at a critical point of the game.  All around good day today.

In the end, I burned 2026 kcal.  Since we took almost the full last hour for matches, I was watching matches a couple times.  For this reason, I only burned just over 2000 kcals today.

6-22-18 (Friday) Pickle-Ball.

6-22-18 (Friday) Pickle-Ball.

When I woke up, my legs were a little sore, but not as bad as I thought they would be.  Famous last thoughts.  As the morning progressed, they got stiffer and stiffer.  The worst thing was trying to get out of my car after the hour long drive to work.  The sitting position just killed me.  Then moving after that was like torture.  I went to the gym a little early to try and move and stretch.  It helped a little, but the usual lunging for shots was rather painful.  During the warm-up I was constantly trying to stifle the groans and moans of pain.  But for some reason, and I'm really not sure how this happened, I totally dominated in the first two games with incredible shot making and movement.  I took the first two games with ease: 15-3, and 15-4.  But then in game three, things got a lot closer and John edged in front, and I was constantly trying to catch up.  But in the end, he just got too far for me to catch and he took the game 12-15.  But then I came back in the fourth and final game and took command back. 15-8.  But it was a chore to move after that.

In the end, I burned 970 kcal.  It was a good day, but I'll have to rethink the schedule of when I do Legs.

6-21-18 (Thursday) HY: Body Beast - Bulk: Legs + Beast: Abs + TCF.

6-21-18 (Thursday) HY: Body Beast - Bulk: Legs + Beast: Abs + TCF.

I didn't do Build: Legs because I figured all the squats and lunges I was doing during tennis and Pickle-Ball were more than enough to get a good leg workout.  But, I figured I'd give it a try today since I had the opening in my schedule and it was a relatively short routine.  Also, I didn't want to do incredibly heavy weights so I stuck with the lighter end of what I usually do with legs, or so I figured from my memory.

As you can see from the worksheet below, I kept it pretty light. The progressive set went up to 22 kgs. so not so heavy.  Then 12 kgs for the Force Set, I figured it was pretty easy but I started to feel the need to push.  Right around the second Progressive Set I was starting to feel the strain.  As you can see, the weights were getting lighter and lighter as the moves got harder and harder.  I was really dying on the second to last Super Set.  That Alternating Side Squat really hammered my inner thighs.  But before that, the Stiff Leg Deadlift was brutal.  I used lighter weights than usual, but they ended up being almost too heavy because I was really trying to activate my hamstrings.  And BOY did I ever.  On the final Super Set, I did double of everything.  Not only one side per round.  On the Calf Raises, I couldn't make it to 50 reps, so I split it into two sets to get the 50 reps.  The second set was sort of like the Breakdown set in ChaLEAN Extreme.  Just a little more to push a little further.  I did both right and left in both rounds, hence, double.  For the Beast Abs, I didn't do the spelling backwards, instead I did a mirror spelling.  It makes a lot more sense to do it that way to even the movement out.

By the end of this routine, I was feeling the soreness setting in already.  I was really nervous about what was going to happen to me tomorrow and the Pickle-Ball.  Would I be able to move at all?

In the end, I burned 879 kcals.  Great work out which led me to the decision to keep doing Bulk Legs in the rotation.

6-20-18 (Wednesday) Tennis.

6-20-18 (Wednesday) Tennis.

Rainy Season is in Full-Swing now.  I was hoping to play outside today, and the member in charge of reserving courts was only able to get one court for Wednesday's practice.  No warm-up, just starting right off.  It was better than the last time we had no warm-up, but it took some time to get my timing.  But once I did, I was feeling pretty good.  But the feeling went up and down.  At times I was stroking the ball very nicely, and at other times, I was junking it into the net.  I rarely over hit now as an unforced error.  Most of my errors in into the net or wide because of my slow reaction time.  But tonight was about as good as I could expect.  I almost didn't go tonight, but I didn't want to go more than one week without playing tennis.

In the end, I burned 765 kcal.  I'm hoping that Sunday's weather will be good enough to play the full time.